A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.11.15. It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function q_vector of the component ixgbe. The manipulation of the argument napi_id leads to null pointer dereference.

This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2021-46916. The attack can only be done within the local network. There is no exploit available.

It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.